After moving to Perugia, Italy, nearly 10 years ago, I learned about the local legend, Perugino (Italian, circa 1450—1523), by visiting one of his masterpieces, the Collegio del Cambio.

Perugino—as he was called—was considered by many to be Italy’s master artist. Pope Sixtus IV had hired him to oversee the work of Botticelli, Ghirlandaio and Signorelli, among others ...

Raphael painted the ‘Marriage of the Virgin’ while he was still an apprentice to Pietro Perugino. The piece is nearly identical to a piece Perugino had done prior. ‘The Sistine Madonna ...

It depicts a scene from the life of Jesus, as told in the Gospel of Matthew, painted by the Italian Renaissance artist Pietro Perugino in the 15th century. Jesus, robed in blue, stands just left ...